Revised 30 January 2006

Program (Subject to changes)

Confirmed symposium Training Sessions are as follows:

Training Session 1. (T-1)  "Stress - The Good, the Bad, the Ugly"    Barbara Dunn & Elaine Parker, Canada   

Training Session 2. (T-2)  "On-line Cabin Crew Training from Development to Delivery,"   Ivan Noel, President, Inflight Innovations.

Training Session 3.  (T-3)   "ABC's of CRM, How do We Start?"  Alan LaVoy and Jeanne Kenkle. Human Factor Prescriptions.

Training Session 4. (T-4)    Bloodborne Pathogens. Brief overview of what Bloodborne Pathogens are, video of how to put on and remove the safety suit without contamination, and prior to certification everyone will be required to put on and remove the suit.    Sharon Morphew,  Program Coordinator/Family Assistance Manager, SCSI

Training Session 5.  (T-5)     "Understanding the role of the Insurance Company in Disaster Response,"  Tony Faiia,  Executive Vice President,  AIG Aviation.   

Training Session 6. (T-6) "Workshop for Regulators,"  Susan Greene, Chief, Cabin Safety Standards, Transport Canada.  

Workshop Session 1. (W-1)  Combating Threatening Behavior Through Personel Defense,"  Brian Earp, Performance Consultant,  Delta Airlines

Workshop Session 2.  (W-2)  "Training -- From Traditional to the Future."  Amelia Gomez Bucho,  Iberia Airlines,  & Tove Finstad, SAS Braathens

MONDAY FEB. 13			TUESDAY FEB. 14
T-1   (1330-1500) Barbara Dunn & Elaine Parker “Stress – The Good, the Bad, the Ugly”	T-3 (1330-1500) Alan LaVoy & Jeanne Kenkle.  Human Factor Prescriptions  “ABC’s of CRM, How Do We Start?”		T-1  (1330-1500) Barbara Dunn & Elaine Parker “Stress – The Good, the Bad, the Ugly”	T-3  (1330-1500) Alan LaVoy & Jeanne Kenkle.  Human Factor Prescriptions “ABC’s of CRM, How Do We Start?”
T-2  (1330-1500) Ivan Noël.  Inflight Innovations  “Online Cabin Crew Training from Development to Delivery”	W-1  (1330-1500)  Brian Earp.  Delta Airlines  “Combating Threatening Behavior Through Personal Defense”		T-2  (1330-1500)  Ivan Noël.  Inflight Innovations  “Online Cabin Crew Training from Development to Delivery”	W1  (1330-1500) Brian Earp.  Delta Airlines  “Combating Threatening Behavior Through Personal Defense”
T-4  (1530-1700) Sharon Morphew. SCSI Bloodborne Pathogens	T5  (1530-1700)  Tony Faiia. AIG Insurance “Understanding the Role of the Insurance Company in Disaster Response”		T-4  (1530-1700)  Sharon Morphew. SCSI  Bloodborne Pathogens	T5 (1530-1700)  Tony Faiia.  AIG Insurance “Understanding the Role of the Insurance Company in Disaster Response”
T-6  (1530-1700) Susan Greene. Transport Canada Workshop for Regulators	W-2  (1530-1700)  Amelia Gomez Bucho, Iberia Airlines,  & Tove Finstad,  SAS Braathens  “Training-From Traditional to the Future”		T-6  (1530-1700) Susan Greene.  Transport Canada Workshop for Regulators	W-2 (1530-1700)  Amelia Gomez Bucho,  Iberia Airlines,  & Tove Finstad, SAS Braathens "Training-From Traditional to the Future”

 

 Pre-Symposium Workshop

 

The 7Cs of Initial Emergency Care Learning

A workshop for enhancing First Aid, CPR & AED teaching skills

 Limited to 25 Enrollments.  Workshop fee is $45 per person

It is widely accepted in the aviation community that airlines have a responsibility to provide reasonable and appropriate initial emergency medical care should a serious illness or injury occur to a passenger or crewmember while in- flight.  Despite the availability of telemedicine services, automated external defibrillators (AED's), and occasional availability of qualified on-board health professionals willing to help, the ultimate responsibility for responding to and dealing with in-flight medical emergencies rest squarely with the cabin crew.

Flight attendants – like most average people – are infrequent and generally reluctant responders to life threatening medical emergencies. It is therefore vital that all cabin crew be properly prepared for this crucial role.  But such preparation must be much more than merely “listening to a lecture, supervising a CPR/AED skills practicum and issuing a card.”  Preparation certainly includes completion of an approved first aid/CPR curriculum, but proper preparation must also incorporate motivation, validation and the development of “I can do it” confidence and an “I will do it” attitude. 

Instructors who conduct first aid, CPR And AED programs for cabin and cockpit crews use a wide variety of traditional and more recently developed initial emergency care training programs and materials.  Regardless of the program utilized by these instructors, this workshop will help those who teach initial emergency care to “non-emergency-clinicians” to better understand the needs of this audience and enhance the efficacy of this important in-flight education service. 

By journeying through the 7 C’s of Emergency Care Learning instructors will learn or re-affirm traditional and creative methods for conducting a most effective learning experience for those they prepare to help support life until an ill or injured passenger or crew member reaches sophisticated medical services on the ground.

 

  

 

 

Presenter

Frank J. Poliafico, RN is founder & CEO of (Emergency Training Xcellence, (ETX) Inc of Media, PA. Widely acknowledged as an Emergency Nursing and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) pioneer, Frank is an award winning emergency care and health educator. He is author of numerous published articles and the textbook Emergency First Care (Prentice Hall).  Over 35 years ago he began his career as an emergency department nurse and later pioneered EMS system development in several areas of the US, including New York City where he served for three years as Director of EMS.

Since 1985, Frank has worked with numerous airlines, both in the U.S. and internationally, to develop and conduct customized, effective in-flight emergency care training programs.  He has conducted customized Emergency Care In-flight training programs for such commercial air carriers as: United, Northwest, Hawaiian, Royal Jordanian, Kuwait Airlines, Delta, TACA, Eastern Airlines and Pan American Airways as well as for corporate carriers Jet Aviation, Air Atlantic and ARCO.

He has made presentations on in-flight medical and related health and safety issues at many international aviation industry conferences and training programs including: SCSI, IATA, IATC, the AFA, the RAA, ICCA and for over ten years he served on the planning committee of – and was a frequent presenter at – the International Cabin Safety Symposium. 

Frank currently serves as Executive Director of the newly created AED Instructor Foundation, which assists initial emergency care instructors and planners AED training and program implementation efforts.

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